Overview
Guy Mannes-Abbot is a writer, essayist and critic who lives and works in London. He is the author of a singular series of texts, poems, stories and aphorism called e.things, which have been exhibited, published and performed alongside the work of leading British artists. In Ramallah, Running (co-published by Sharjah Art Foundation and Black Dog, 2012) is the longest and latest in this series of texts and projects. Mannes-Abbott has recently collaborated with the Bombay-based collective CAMP on a film, The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories for the Folkestone Triennial 2011. He has written catalogue essays on visual art as well as been a tutor in architectural theory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London and published in specialist journals. His critical journalism spanning literature and visual art has appeared in the New Statesman, The Guardian, Harpers and Queen, TANK, Bidoun and The Independent. Recent publications include: Translated By (Ed. Arsene-Henry and Basar) and an Introduction to Mourid Barghouti’s Midnight and Other Poems. Currently he is working on his forthcoming novel, which is set between the Arabian and Baltic seas.